The calling into question of French having profited by gifts from Saddam Hussein recalls how much the marketing of oil was a political stake. The publication, Sunday January 25 by Iraqi daily newspaper Al-Mada, of a list of 270 people or companies being allotted barrels of oil by the regime of Saddam Hussein creates a sharp polemic. Eleven French, such as Charles Pasqua and Patrick Maugein, are quoted by name. "the list of recipients comprises several types of actors, explains an Iraqi oil specialist, who speaks under condition of anonymity. Legitimate contract holders, signatories of contracts which were in negotiation,...